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Jacob Jaffke

Jacob Jaffke

Producer · Born May 13, 1981 (45) · Chicago, Illinois, USA

BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

Jacob Jaffke (born May 13, 1981) is an American film producer and the founder of the production company Motel Mojave.

Biography from TMDB.

Born
May 13, 1981 (45)
From
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Works as
Producer
Titles
23 on MovieCove · 35 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 157 days to Oct 28Up 30% in 30 days

What are Jacob Jaffke's films like?

Across their 17 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Bonds.

Genres

Comedy6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama6 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Horror3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 42nd percentile
: browse their Horror movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
35%
Bonds
21%
Survival
18%
Morality
13%
Society
10%
Power
3%
Survival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeAmbition4 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this themeGrief3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 17 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 6 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 8 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 2 · Charged 8 · Intense 7

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 4 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 4

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 6 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 11 · Relentless 0

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 5 · Engaged 10 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

Easy watch 1 · Affecting 10 · Heavy 6

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 7 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 4

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
10
Dread
9
Melancholic
8
Contemplative
6
Absurd
4
Other
10

How their films linger

Bittersweet8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 3 with a twist

  • Bittersweet10
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Jacob Jaffke's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 19 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (13).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Jacob Jaffke's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

35 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page.

  • Pendulum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    Producer

  • MaXXXine(2024)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films

  • Dream Scenario(2023)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Artist Unknown (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    Associate Producer

  • Causeway(2022)

    Executive Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Pearl(2022)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Bodies Bodies Bodies(2022)

    Executive Producer

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • X(2022)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Uncut Gems(2019)

    Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Waves(2019)

    Executive Producer · Line Producer

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Only a Switch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Executive Producer

  • In a Valley of Violence(2016)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all films

  • Don't Think Twice(2016)

    Consulting Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Jamie Marks Is Dead(2014)

    Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all films

  • The Sacrament(2013)

    Post Production Supervisor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Movie 43(2013)

    Co-Producer

    Midcredits score: 9th percentile of all films

  • Kiss of the Damned(2012)

    Co-Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 28th percentile of all films

  • Hypothermia(2010)

    Co-Producer · Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films

  • Sleepwalk with Me(2012)

    Post Production Supervisor · Producer

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Damsels in Distress(2011)

    Line Producer · Unit Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • The Innkeepers(2011)

    Line Producer · Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Stake Land: Martin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer

  • Stake Land: Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer · as Brotherhood

  • Stake Land: The Day I Told My Boyfriend (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer

  • Stake Land: Willie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Producer

  • Bitter Feast(2010)

    Line Producer · Production Manager

    Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films

  • Off Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • The House of the Devil(2009)

    Production Manager · Unit Production Manager · as Background Talent

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • Mixtape (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Producer

  • Synecdoche, New York(2008)

    Intern

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • I Sell the Dead(2008)

    Production Coordinator

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • Rest Stop for the Rare Individual (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Co-Producer

  • Adrift in Manhattan(2007)

    Additional Production Assistant

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Boutique (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Executive Producer

  • Old Friends New Friends (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 35 titles, 32 of them dated from 2007 to 2024.

Biggest box office

MaXXXine (2024)

$22M worldwide

Highest rated

Waves (2019)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

X (2022)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting2 of 35: 0 only acting, 2 with another roleProducing31 of 35: 16 only producing, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score49thOther crew18 of 35: 3 only other crew, 15 with another role · typical Midcredits score46th

35 titles, 16 with more than one role — producing and other crew overlap on 14 of them.

By decade

2000s7 · 1 acting · 7 crew2010s18 · 1 acting · 18 crew2020s7 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

Awards

2 major nominations and no wins, 2010–2014.

  1. 2014
    • Independent Spirit Award, nominated
  2. 2010
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Short Film

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Jacob Jaffke's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 49th percentile, the median of all 23; across their 17 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 54th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

54thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Approval · how many liked their films

44thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Reach · how many have seen their films

89thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 17

Midcredits score across 23 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th7
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

8 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser8
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · producer

Movie 43 (2013)

77th percentile spread · 48% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · producer

Uncut Gems (2019)

Midcredits 92nd · 78% liked

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Jacob Jaffke's work okay for kids?

Across up to 11 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore11 titles58–89 · median 79 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity11 titles12–68 · median 47 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity10 titles47–88 · median 64 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs9 titles29–72 · median 55 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense10 titles50–85 · median 73 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Jacob Jaffke work with?

People who share at least 2 of Jacob Jaffke's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Peter Phok shares the most, 8.

Directors

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles